It was long thought that the most common stitch on early modern garments was the running stitch. Recent re-examinations have shown that this is inaccurate.
Those who have tried to sew their replica garments using only running stitches will not be surprised. Even if one makes the stitches 2mm to 4mm apart, the running stitch simply isn’t strong enough to take...

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